Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

the false (the name given to illusory events), and the
Middle Way (the mean), these three expressing the
harmonious triple truth of every phenomenon. For
scholarly study, this teaching is very exact but it is not
so helpful for practice. Even two divisions (of
condition—fullness; and nature—voidness) are not
really desirable but are a convenient method for
preaching and for the ordinary way of talking. For three
divisions there is no need at all. For practice, the
non-dualistic position adopted, for instance, by the Old
Schools of Tibet is much preferable.
One must therefore state quite plainly that Zhi Yi, the
effective founder-patriarch of Tian Tai in China, never
learned the Tantra and that the Dharma-lotus Samadhi is
a meditation of the Mahayana.
The reader might also ask: "Is the Eastern tradition alive
only in Japan now?" The answer is "no." In the last
hundred years, one upasaka got the tradition from Japan
and brought it back to China and then introduced many
books from Japan. He had many disciples and one of
these, Mr. Feng, Da An, was one of my gurus. His
knowledge was even more profound and wide than his
teachers. Others also have re-established yogatantra in
China, such as the venerable Bhiksu Chi Song.
In Japan this entire tradition was preserved; to all who
have kept it safe and transmitted it to the present day,
we should be very thankful.
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